MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 32.37,-101.17 Latitude: 32.37 Longitude: -101.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 123 1 950 584 SFC 940 680 35.4 19.5 39 15.9 23.8 162 11 314.1 317.0 299.0 361.6 15.33 3 900 1069 28.7 18.5 54 10.2 21.3 165 12 311.0 313.9 298.1 357.1 15.06 4 850 1574 23.6 17.3 68 6.2 19.1 167 12 310.8 313.6 297.9 356.0 14.79 5 800 2100 19.2 14.4 73 4.9 15.9 169 7 311.7 314.1 297.0 351.5 12.99 6 750 2654 17.4 -0.0 31 17.5 7.8 50 4 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.7 5.09 7 700 3238 12.8 1.6 46 11.2 6.5 51 6 316.7 317.9 293.4 336.2 6.16 8 650 3855 8.5 -8.4 29 16.9 0.6 26 9 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.7 3.12 9 600 4509 3.1 -13.1 29 16.3 -3.6 11 11 319.7 320.2 291.0 327.5 2.31 10 550 5205 -2.8 -12.8 46 10.0 -6.8 21 17 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.4 2.59 11 500 5956 -6.2 -22.9 25 16.7 -11.3 11 17 325.5 325.8 291.6 329.8 1.21 12 450 6775 -9.8 -40.2 6 30.3 -15.7 12 25 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.26 13 400 7672 -15.5 -54.8 2 39.2 -20.4 9 26 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.06 14 350 8661 -23.9 -49.6 8 25.6 -26.8 11 29 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.12 15 300 9763 -33.6 -48.1 22 14.5 -34.9 8 17 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.16 16 250 11020 -41.8 -58.8 14 17.0 -42.6 315 6 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 17 200 12491 -53.3 -61.7 35 8.4 -53.6 279 9 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14290 -65.3 -76.1 21 10.8 -65.4 357 5 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16714 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 191 10 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.21 m Freezing level: 573.51 mb = 4878.20 m = 16004.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.72 mb = 3946.88 m = 12948.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.77 % Est. max temperature: 33.77 C = 92.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.87 mb = 2678.25 m = 8786.80 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 29.87 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.24 mb = 2961.46 m = 9715.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.44 C = 99.38 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2370.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.52 mb = 2422.58 m = 7948.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.52 mb = 3411.76 m = 11193.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.52 mb = 14471.33 m = 47477.54 ft B at Equ Level: 2339.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 32.0 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 62.0 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.1 neg: -3.9 tot: 19.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 39.86 Bulk Shear: 59.48 m/s